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Lessons from Nowhere

Lessons from Nowhere

by Kelly Muir

★★★★★ 5.0 · 52 ratings on Amazon
🏆 Bestseller in Survival Biographies & Memoirs

About This Book

We’ve been sold the lie that one’s story is only worth sharing if it’s perfectly manufactured to convey victory or success. This false belief overlooks the most important stories: those of the messy journeys and imperfect lives. That is where the lessons hide; challenges are the secret sauce of life, not something to be avoided or glossed over in retellings. Lessons from Nowhere is the crazy, messy story of Kelly Muir, who moved on average once every seven months for the first twenty years of her life. When asked where she’s from, she answers, “Nowhere.” This compelling memoir shares Kelly’s journey living in the midst of chaos, drugs, and mental illness and the wisdom this ultimately beautiful life gave her. Lessons from Nowhere illustrates why your story matters and encourages you to embrace it—because the most powerful stories we can learn from are our own.
Memoir Sports and Fitness
Kelly Muir

Kelly Muir

Kelly Muir has lived a life she describes as a wild, complicated, intriguing—and ultimately—beautiful mess. She was born into a life of luxury that abruptly ended when she was five years old. Her mother struggled with depression and her father with addictions that saw the family moving every six months or so. By the time she was 17, she had dropped out of high school and was living on her own. But she had one thing going for her; she was an exceptional athlete and student of karate with an iron will to succeed, and her refusal to give up led her to train at the United States Olympic Center on a full Olympic Committee Scholarship.

In the years that followed, Kelly experienced more extreme highs and lows, including single motherhood, film work, magazine covers, travel, homelessness, welfare dependency, and loss of sight in one eye. But through it all, she used the skills she had honed on the mat as well as the tactics of ancient warriors to help her build a successful and enduring business; raise her children in an environment of honesty, reality and hard work; and completely flip the script of her life.

Today, Kelly shares her hard-earned wisdom with other women as they navigate through life changes and challenges. She helps them find the patience, resilience and forgiveness necessary to take charge of their lives and confidently move in the direction of their dreams...even if they don't yet know what those dreams are.

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